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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8603 m/e 05/1943
British Railways 48603 w/e 08/04/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Stanier
Class 8F
Company History LMS
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Eastleigh Works
To Service During 05/1943
Withdrawal w/e Sat 10/06/1967
Service Life 24 yrs, 1 mth , 11 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1967

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1943
1A   Willesden on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
2E   Saltley w/e 02/10/1965
6A   Chester (MR) w/e 11/03/1967
     Withdrawn w/e 10/06/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 2E Saltley 4w/e 09/10/1965
ALLOC 6A Chester (MR) 5w/e 08/04/1967
WDN   w/e 10/06/1967

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
07/05/1961 Crewe Works (Works Sidings) Paint Shop: D100-2, 41254/65/73, 41325, 44872, 90173 and the usual preserved locos. Outside Paint Shop: D103/5, 44837/43, 45565, 49395, 90582. Works Sidings: 41222, 42114, 42283, 42569, 43200, 43605, 44731/64, 44906, 45150, 45226/53, 45417, 45507/84, 46130, 46227/45, 46410/43, 47513, 47625, 48262, 48435, 48603, 48895, 49431, 70050, 78021, 90033, 92107. Erecting Shop: D110-6, 41246/64, 42110/54/60/86, 42285, 42557, 42618, 44750/62, 44834/9/91, 44932, 45078, 45142/82, 45238/74, 45300/97, 45441, 45514/21/45, 45613/28/44/64/95, 45701/2/10/36, 46127/50/7/70, 46246/7, 46487, 46501, 48171, 48317/54, 48430/74, 48511, 48672, 49094, 78031/62, 90214/99, 90315, 90530, 90712, 92020/49. Outside Erecting Shop: 42584, 44937, 45014, 45681, 48418/31/44, 90555, 92124. New Erecting Shop: D106-9/17-9. Scrap Road: 40204, 40589, 43515, 43729, 43948, 44072, 44357, 44480, 47626/37, 58221, with 47190 just cut-up. Works Shunters: 12022, 43957, 44363, 44552, 47592, 51412, 52093, 52218, 52312, 52441. SLS/196106
29/10/1967 Crewe South MPD (Withdrawn) 45285/7, 48018, 48729, 92047, 70004/24/31/45. Stored-48402, LNER 4498. Withdrawn-D2519, 15000/2, 42647, 43001/3/7/21, 44680/1/4, 44765, 44805/8/12/4/21/32/3/43/60/5, 44944, 45006/21/42/52/60/89,45186, 45243/70/8/97/8, 45308, 45405/94, 46520, 48220, 48364, 48474, 48521/2/48, 48603/43, 48725/67, 75029, 76051, 92100. SLS/196712

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1943 To Service To service as London, Midland & Scottish Railway Number 8603
Built at Eastleigh Works 		   
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Willesden (1A)    
08/04/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 48603    
02/10/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Saltley (2E)    
11/03/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Chester (MR) (6A)    
10/06/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 48603    
12/1967 Scrapped Scrapped    

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